Every Georgia elementary school will soon have to reconsider how to teach reading. One metro Atlanta system has a head start.
Marietta has been training teachers to put phonics and related strategies at the core of elementary school curriculum, as new state laws and standards will require by the fall of 2025.
The city of fewer than 9,000 students in northwest metro Atlanta has also been doing something that will not be required: helping toddlers, even babies, prepare to read.
